*The quality on this photo is pretty poor because I snapped it on the fly with a cell phone camera, but the image was too interesting to pass up.
Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown
Some things my father said:
Stop shuffling. Pick up your feet. You’re ruining your shoes–walk from your heels to the balls of your feet. Stop kicking the back of my seat. I’m trying to drive. Shift! Left foot clutch, right foot gas–Brake! If you don’t know what you’re doing or why you’re doing it, don’t do it. You need toContinue reading “Some things my father said:”
Still MORE writing and music
With all the posts I’ve been writing lately about the influence of music on writing, I simply have to share this recent discovery: It’s a song-sharing site called Stereomood, but the idea is not simply to share songs. (The site is a streaming site, not a download site, so I’m sharing this because it actsContinue reading “Still MORE writing and music”
A Writer’s Notebook: Personal ads
Today’s exercise is in response to a 19th-century personal ad (you can read the ad and the blog entry about it here). For the exercise, see below. Matrimonial. – A young lady of prepossessing appearance, fascinating manners and romantic sentiments desires to open a correspondence with a gentleman with a view to matrimony. He mustContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: Personal ads”
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Patrons of writing and teaching: My grandfather, Ted Snoek
Ordinarily, I reserve the “patrons” entries for divine and/or fictional influences on my writing and teaching. But today I want to write about a real, living person, because today is my grandfather’s 90th birthday. My grandfather, Ted Snoek, has had a profound influence on my professional life. His father died fairly young, when my grandfatherContinue reading “Patrons of writing and teaching: My grandfather, Ted Snoek”
Don’t shush! Make some noise in the library!
I know this has been making the rounds, but after my font-nerd post back in March and my research post on marrying a librarian, I’d feel remiss if I didn’t post this outstanding video of librarians doing a cover of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” Sure, the production values aren’t quite as professional-looking as the font-nerdContinue reading “Don’t shush! Make some noise in the library!”
A Writer’s Notebook: Likes and Dislikes
Still working on the character of Ford. This week, his likes and dislikes, which I’ll explain below. Ford likes the sound of cicadas in the summertime, the whirring from afternoon till dusk. He likes the heat, and the cicadas’ song always brings it. Ford likes old pick-ups, the big boxy kind from the `50s, theContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: Likes and Dislikes”
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Note: I don’t know what atmospheric conditions created this “spotlight” effect during the sunset, but if anyone could explain it to me, I’d love to know. I find it fascinating.
Music & Literature Part I: Experimentation
a guest blog by Ryan Werner A while back, I wrote a post about how music influences my writing, which led to not one but two Writer’s Notebook exercises about writing from music. But I said in that initial post that my relationship with music is purely as a listener–I don’t have any experience withContinue reading “Music & Literature Part I: Experimentation”
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